Show HuNd HUNGER 17 T Tk D DRAWS JR W SN THE r ia v 11 E M MAP A RN carnine gm I 1 food shortage hin point SeriO serious uv food shortage j I 1 sufficient pra food supply P I 1 but bul mure f proPe ojie ev already decem pa wd amen arocan can aid i Y aa MB A N 1 lia co MMA SAM 0 y se A aar I 1 C A A food map of europe today shows not a single country in which the future does docs riot not hold threat of serious difficulties and only a small part which ai is not rapidly approaching tho the famine nn alno point with the exception of the ukraine only those countries which ave maintained marine commerce iliavi ve sufficient clent food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest har reat and ren in the ukraine with stores accumulated on the th farms there Is famine in n the little large centers of population belgium and northern france as well as a serbia appear on the hunger mav inasi distinct from tho the rest real of europe because they tand stand la in a different roll rela ilda from the otaw nations to the peo pit of the united america has ov faur four tezie bearg the banull war vat ratton of belgium and northern V france rance and ts Is already making special to cato anro for their increased atter ter tho fhe war needs whid with those tf of serbia must bo be included in this plan ari are urgent in tho the extreme and must have immediate relief the gra gratitude odthe belgian nation for the help america has extended to her during the war constitutes the appeal tor for us to continue our work there the moment the german withdrew from her soil and she eho was established on once cemore mora la in hc her own seat of government the little nations first thought was to express her gratitude to the commission for relief in belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citizens germany on the other hand need not figure in such a map for americans because there Is no present indication that we shall be called on at all to take thought ili ought for the food needs of germany germany probably can care for her own food problem if slier slid Is given access to shipping and la Is enabled to distribute food to the cities with dense are the trouble centers england france the netherlands end and portugal oil all of which lieve been maintained from american supplies bave food to meet immediate needs but their fa presents serious the same Is truo true of spain and the northern neutral countries norway sweden and whose ports have been bee m open and who baye been able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies most of alussia Ilus sla Is already in the throes ot oc famine and nd people there are beyond the possibility of help before another spring thousands of them inevitably roust must dle die this applies as well to poland and practically throughout the baltic re glone with conditions auditions most serious la in finland t t bohemia fl erbia and Alonte montenegro negm bays already reached the famine point and are suffering buffering a heavy toll of death the armenian population la in matilas each week as hunger takes its tt toll and la in greece Al albania bantis and Hou manla so 0 o serious are the food shortages that famine Is near al though starvation Is 19 not noi yet imminent italy switzerland bulgaria and tur fur key art ar M t the tb throes of verlou genales gen clet cles in order to t fulfill americas America 1 pledge in world relief relict we wll will hafe hae to export every ton of food which can be ban handled through our ports this means tit at the vory very least a minimum of tons compared with tons pra pm war exports and OW jops ton ex wa ported last year when we were bound by the tle ties of war to the european europa allies it if wo we fall to tighten lighten the black pot on tho the hunger bunger map or if we w allow any portions to become darker darke r the very pence peace for whick which wo we fought and blod will be threatened revolt and anarchy inevitably follow famine should thise happen we we will see in other parts OT europe ft a repetition buthe of the I 1 bade bacle and our fight for world will vim haye have been la in vain |